Five Eyes, 2 Definition(s)

Five Eyes means something in Buddhism Check out some of the following descriptions and leave a comment if you want to add your own contribution to this article:

2 Definition(s) from various sources:

There are five kinds of eyes or vision
- human eye - it is our flesh eye, an organ to see an object with limitation, for instance, in darkness, with obstruction.
- devine eye - it can see in darkness and in distance, attainable by men in dhyana (concentration/meditation).
- wisdom eye - the eye of Arhat and Two Vehicles i.e. the sound hearers (Sravaka) and the Enlightened to Conditions (Praetyka Buddha). It can see the false and empty nature of all phenomena.
- dharma eye - the eye of Bodhisattva. It can see all the dharmas in the world and beyond the world.
- buddha eye - the eye of Buddha or omniscience. It can see all that four previous eyes can see.